Teachers: do you dance at Milongas?

Subliminal said:
I think it's a very valid point, particularly for leaders who are going the minimalist route....
Leaders who want to go this way should understand they still have to work at it.
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There are a couple of leaders who dance like this at some milongas I attend. I dread dancing behind them as they always seem so slow and the gap that opens up in front of them is very fustrating.
 
UKDancer said:
Ah well, I guess I'm currently stuck being conscious of my incompetence. But as Peaches said, it's not a race,
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There's a lot of truth in that point. We want to get everywhere, immediately, and when we see that others are (we think) zooming ahead, we tend to worry that we're standing still. Well, I do...

Basically, keep working at it, keep thinking about it, keep practicing. That's the only thing to do. I'm sure you know all this stuff, and tell your own students that, but it doesn't hurt to hear it again.
 
AndaBien said:
Patience is necessary when learning tango. Too many dancers fail to learn simply due to lack of patience. However, all things come to he who waits, as long as he works his b*tt off while he waits. (Is that word permissible here)?
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ay, there's the rub...... was having a grumble about this with another teacher.more fallout than Japan...

@DB do we have Hamlet on tango?
 
ant said:
There are a couple of leaders who dance like this at some milongas I attend. I dread dancing behind them as they always seem so slow and the gap that opens up in front of them is very fustrating.
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Poor floorcraft is not a result of a style of dancing. Other leaders who do nothing but walk can crowd up on a couple leaving them no room to dance. A minimalist leader can dance in place or cover ground, as necessary.
 
ant said:
There are a couple of leaders who dance like this at some milongas I attend. I dread dancing behind them as they always seem so slow and the gap that opens up in front of them is very fustrating.
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That's interesting. At the milongas I go to, it's usually the ones doing all the ganchos, lifts, and high boleos who cause the traffic jambs. The minimalists usually know how to walk, (and keep up with the line of dance).
 
dchester said:
That's interesting. At the milongas I go to, it's usually the ones doing all the ganchos, lifts, and high boleos who cause the traffic jambs. The minimalists usually know how to walk, (and keep up with the line of dance).
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That's what I would have expected, too.
 
ant said:
There are a couple of leaders who dance like this at some milongas I attend. I dread dancing behind them as they always seem so slow and the gap that opens up in front of them is very fustrating.
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I just slow down deliberately every time I feel you breathing down my neck :p
 
Dave Bailey said:
Nope. Neither do we have the Matrix. I checked. Over to you... :D
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then why do I have this sense of Deja Vu?

Morpheus is dancing with Neo!


Neo; Whoa. Déjà vu.
[Everyone freezes right in their tracks]
Trinity: What did you just say?
Neo: Nothing. Just had a little déjà vu.
Trinity: What did you see?
Cypher: What happened?
Neo: A black cat went past us, and then another that looked just like it.
Trinity: How much like it? Was it the same cat?
Neo: It might have been. I'm not sure.
Morpheus: Switch! Apoc!
Neo: What is it?
Trinity: A déjà vu is usually a glitch in the PracticateX. It happens when they change something.
 
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